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A billon drachm of the Nezak Huns with a fire altar reverse Coin Type: Billon drachm of an anonymous ruler of the Nezak Malkas, 630-711 CE
Mint: Kapisa, Kabul
Size and Weight: 25mm, 3.36g
Obverse: Pahlavi legend: Nycky MLK'' = Nezak Malka.
Bust right, wearing winged buffalo crown.
Reverse: Fire altar with attendants, wheel above each; control marks at left and right. The reverse is a mirror-image of the usual with the control marks reversed and retrograde.
Ref: Göbl Hunnen Em 198.47; MA -. Only one retrograde example is plated in Göbl and none in Mitchiner.
Provenance: David L. Tranbarger, Vcoins, March 2006
BW Ref: 001 024 074
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